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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: To all the people who pushed Hillary on us even though she is less electable [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)58. No one pushed anything on you. God, what drama.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
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To all the people who pushed Hillary on us even though she is less electable [View all]
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
OP
So, what "real information" did you use to arrive at your decision on a candidate?
George II
May 2016
#117
That was a bad hide. Why would progressives hide the horrors of a war she promoted?
Android3.14
May 2016
#204
Clearly you know how to use a PC (to some extend). There is a wealth of information that doesn't
insta8er
May 2016
#186
Another lie put out by the Clinton campaign. Many eligible voters didn't vote
rhett o rick
May 2016
#21
It does get down to voter suppression. Closed primaries suppress votes. More of the same.
snowy owl
May 2016
#27
Nobody in the history of politics has ever been shoved down our throats like HRC.
reformist2
May 2016
#165
Who knew that was even happening. Did the computers vote for her (yet again)?
reformist2
May 2016
#201
Unless those voters were really for Senator Sanders and flipped in 60 seconds.
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#29
The voters? Does that include the 40+% of the electorate who are Independents and who...
Peace Patriot
May 2016
#82
Oh yes, we all know how much they just loathe Hilary and will stay home and not vote
leftofcool
May 2016
#133
LOL. No, I do not accept your made up claim. Here is a better reason for Sanders losing....
riversedge
May 2016
#14
Funny. He is most often compared to Warren who is very good on social issues.
snowy owl
May 2016
#30
So who is the weaker candidate, as opposed to an analysis that doesn't just rely on Spring polls?
Arneoker
May 2016
#199
Bernie wouldn't be electable after the right wing got through vetting him.
Arkansas Granny
May 2016
#6
Enough with the "vetting" bullshit. Bernie's been called every name in the book for nearly 40 years
ThePhilosopher04
May 2016
#19
And you don't think the same would happen to Bernie if the right wing vetted him?
Arkansas Granny
May 2016
#66
Voters voted for Clinton, she won, nothing to do with you. Quit denigrating voters.
seabeyond
May 2016
#7
She leads in this corrupt election system that favors the Corporate Wing of our Party.
rhett o rick
May 2016
#23
It isn't a corrupt election. It is sanders and supporters being poor loser with false accusations.
seabeyond
May 2016
#26
First of all our election system is corrupted as known around the world. Elections have been known
rhett o rick
May 2016
#36
Yes, the Republicans. Clinton, Obama, DOJ have been addressing for years, without a peep from Sander
seabeyond
May 2016
#42
Have they fixed absolutely everything? No. They have not. They have been throwing DOJ at these
seabeyond
May 2016
#94
It's totally corrupt. Practically every state had some degree of election fraud.
reformist2
May 2016
#192
That's the Clinton side whining for Sanders to quit in the 8th inning. LOL.
rhett o rick
May 2016
#24
Getting more votes in this corrupt election process, seen as the worst of all modern
rhett o rick
May 2016
#32
Go ahead and gloat. The hubris and arrogance will be the downfall of the Corporate Wing
rhett o rick
May 2016
#37
+1, they're whining is consummate too... Sanders camp ADMITTEDLY ignored the "southern states" and
uponit7771
May 2016
#48
I think it should be studied or something, they're QUICK to blame the system or unicorns or
uponit7771
May 2016
#52
And the BoBers, especially those who for months have promoted "concerned" RW talking points ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2016
#83
You keep being told, but you keep refusing to acknowledge the obvious, for some obvious reason.
-none
May 2016
#73
This country voted George W. Bush. They could easily vote Trump over Clinton.
snowy owl
May 2016
#35
Are you serious? Obama was the frontrunner for most of the race and the press treated him seriously
Gothmog
May 2016
#179
Here the dumbass I wasted shoe leather on stated it was her job to deliver Kentucky for Clinton
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#121
Do you ever get the feeling, when posting the truth about Hillary in response to a Hillary supporter
-none
May 2016
#74
That's right Joe. More people voted for Hillary than Sanders, and some folks have a problem
still_one
May 2016
#103
There is one thing, IMHO, that the Hill people dont understand, if it was Elizabeth Warren running,
litlbilly
May 2016
#85
Nobody pushed Hillary on anyone. That is what elections are about. More people voted for Hillary
still_one
May 2016
#101
This post deserves a rec, but since that's not possible, a kick is what I'll give it :) NT
KitSileya
May 2016
#196
Awesome! I would disagree on one point: Sanders's little elves certainly trashed his campaign, but
Squinch
May 2016
#220
After landing that Koch endorsement, you'd think that would have opened their eyes.
B Calm
May 2016
#113
May not be a full throated endorsement, but he did say he prefers Hillary over Trump!
B Calm
May 2016
#143
tish tosh...just a little walk back. Good. That's what you get for buying into RW bravado
Sheepshank
May 2016
#144
read post 144 all the way through and see if you can catch the nuance. If not I'll draw a diagram.
Sheepshank
May 2016
#151
Then tell Hillary, she was not interested in what she called an endorsement from Koch!
B Calm
May 2016
#160
if you read Koch's words as an endorsement, then all I can say is go back to school.
Sheepshank
May 2016
#161
It wasn't a lie, but you can take a break, I have to run outside for a few minutes.
B Calm
May 2016
#174
yes...it was...you lied about the endorsement. Stay outside as long as you wish
Sheepshank
May 2016
#176
I'm back now. From the above link I gave you Charles Koch had nothing but kind words for
B Calm
May 2016
#180
even a broke clock is right twice a day..Kochs were correct about Hillary being better than Trump
Sheepshank
May 2016
#182
yes, so now let me crawl back in my cave, as you mentioned earlier. thanks.
Sheepshank
May 2016
#188
you yourself just pointed out that this non endrosement was rejected by Hillary
Sheepshank
May 2016
#162
Look on the bright side cheese, fifty+ years have passed since the establishment..........
nolabels
May 2016
#124
Huh . . . less electable but still beat Sanders in elections. How does that compute?
brush
May 2016
#129
Do you have evidence that Hillary is "less electable" besides the "corporate polls" you don't trust?
brooklynite
May 2016
#184
Hillary's biggest mistake was hiding the real reason for this horrible disaster
Baobab
May 2016
#218